Cal Fire moves dam burn to Monday

A controlled burn at Lake Mendocino is now planned for Monday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced.

According to the USACE, it originally planned to conduct a live-fire training exercise with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection by burning the face of Coyote Valley Dam on June 24, but decided to postpone the event because of rain that day.

The exercise is now scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. July 1, and "access to walking across the dam will not be permitted beginning at 4 p.m. Monday until the burning is completed."

Cal Fire also announced it will be surveying users of the Jackson Demonstration State Forest, and the group hired to do the survey will provide a overview of the "survey design and methodology" at a meeting next week that members of the public are encouraged to attend.

According to Cal Fire, the recreation user survey will be "conducted on random dates and locations within JDSF throughout the summer and early fall," and the results of the survey will "help guide the development of a recreation plan."

The JDSF Recreation Task Force meeting will be held at the Camp One Day Use area on Wednesday, July 3, at 2 p.m.

For more information, call the Cal Fire Fort Bragg office at 707-964-5674.